OVER 25 MILLION PHONES STOLEN IN ONE YEAR- FG. (PHOTO).
Over 25 million phones stolen in one year – FG The Crime Experience and Security Perception Survey report of the National Bureau of Statistics, a Federal Government agency, shows that Nigeria recorded 25.35 million phone theft cases between May 2023 and April 2024. According to the report, this was the most common type of crime within the period under review. The report read, “The number of crimes experienced by individuals in Nigeria was analysed over a period of time. The results show that theft of phones (25,354,417) was the most common crime experienced by individuals, followed by consumer fraud (12,107,210) and assault (8,453,258). However, hijacking of cars (333,349) was the least crime experienced by individuals within the reference period.” It also noted that most phone theft cases occurred either at home or in a public place, and about 90 per cent of such cases were reported to the police. Despite the high rate of the incident being reported, only about 11.7 per cent of t...
Former Chairman of Bagoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State,Andrew Adamu,on August 15,2016,refunded the sum of N5,000,000.{Five Million Naira}to the EFCC Gombe zonal office.He had earlier made a refund of One Million Naira {1,000,000.00} out of the Twelve Million,and Sixty Thousand Naira {N12,060,000.00} that was disbursed to the local government area in the build-up to the 2015 presidential election.Adamu admitted to the zonal office of the Commission during interrogation that he signed and collected the said amount in the presence of Hon. Marcus Bulus Makama, a current member of the the Bauchi State House of Assrmbly and former caretaker chairman of the local government,Mrs Hasanna Arkila who signed as witnesses for the collection of the amount.All the suspects reported to the zonal office of the Commission,and agreed to return the money to the Commission.
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